ovett- "the angry young man"
nurmi/viren- "the flying finn"
ryun- "stork"
ovett- "the angry young man"
nurmi/viren- "the flying finn"
ryun- "stork"
Roidgena= Regina Jacobs
Suzy Favor Hamilton - "Mamede"
Gerry Lindgren - "Family Guy"
native tongue wrote:
NativeSon wrote:What is mazungo? I am just curious.
white man in swahili, hence Mottram is the Big White Man
Mazungo is not a word in Kiswahili.
It is actually 'mzungu'.
Lornah Kiplagat is called 'Simba"
Janeth Jepkosgei is apparently now "The Eldoret Express"
native tongue wrote:
NativeSon wrote:What is mazungo? I am just curious.
white man in swahili, hence Mottram is the Big White Man
actually westerner
Anthony Famiglietti = Fam
BLACK CACTUS!!! ABDI BABY!!!
Weldon Johnson - WeJo
Robert Johnson - RoJo
TOGETHER - The BroJo's
Matt Tegenkamp - Teg
Ambrose Burfoot - Amby
John J. Kelly - The Younger
George Shehan - The Philosopher Runner [Or something similar]
Robery Kennedy - Bob
Two from Wales, land of the bards:
Steve Jones - Jonesy
Steve Brace - Bracey / Brace the Race
Ryun the Lion!
Renaldo Nehemiah - Skeets
I remember Yifter shifting gears and kicking like hell!
Yifter the Shifter sounds very good to me! Always liked that nickname when watching old videos, as Yifter the shifter was destroying the field over the last lap!
John Guzman - Guz (pronounced 'gooooooz')
Josh Rohatinksy - The White Cactus
Robert Kennedy - Bigshot Bob
Amine Lalou - Mike Allen
Yuri Borzakovsky - Needles
Fermi Cacho - Red
Badders - Andy Baddeley
Bedders - Dave Bedford
Budders - Zola Budd
Bonders - Olga Bondarenko
Banners - Roger Bannister
Binners - Steve Binns
Benners - Joan Benoit
etc
Alberto Salazar "The Mule"
Ndereba- Catherine the Great
And I always thought people were "booing," so naturally I joined in. Turns out they were saying "Guz," but hey that is one way to cover up the boo's.
The family guy, nice.
Also, Buster.